Leaked prices: Pixel 8 $699, 8 Pro at $899 (twitter.com)

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[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago

The idea of using a VPN by Google seems wrong to me?

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"prevent data leakage and ensure that 100% of your data is processed by Google"

I'd definitely not use this

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago

Honestly, they're pretty good at security. They just are a privacy nightmare.

Security != Privacy

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

They guard your data with their lives. Other people can't access it. Only them.

[-] charles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 16 points 1 year ago

This isn't a service for someone who has the knowhow to get their own VPN. It's so grandmas don't get their bank accounts hacked while on hotel wifi.

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

That won't happen nowadays and if it does, the bank should get sued for not meeting minimal security standards

[-] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Devils advocate: if you don't use a 3rd party VPN already, this provides some additional safety when using random WiFi.

Not the best solution for you, but "OK" for 95% of users.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

So what security does a VPN provide now says?

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 year ago

Yes. On the other hand, I guesssss I trust Google more than Verizon or Comcast, so pick your poison.

[-] sudo22@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Or just pick another VPN lol. There's not just poison on the table.

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

True, but I feel like the market for Google's VPN is people who would NOT otherwise bother to use a VPN at all. They'll only bother to use this because it's free and pushed right into their face.

[-] newIdentity@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So it's probably goonna be 799€ here in Europe.

It really depends on the pre order bonus and I'd actually consider it over the 7a or Zenfone 10

Love my 4a. Only thing I hate about it is the battery life and that it wo to receive any updates anymore

[-] Jahmon85@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Still using a 4a too but occasional powerbutton bugs are making me considering an upgrade. Free Google photos are making me keep the 4a... still not sure between 7a and 8...

[+] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world -25 points 1 year ago

Neveeer buying a pixel again.

It was a good phone before google decided to become a digital rights management overlord. Every other action on my phone now has some stupid tracking popup to sign in to something, save something, translate something. GTFOff my screen holy shit.

My phone's hardware is still all good but I've been forced to look for a new one. Fuck you google

[-] EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee 41 points 1 year ago

That sounds like the apps you use, my Pixel asks for authorisation for each app to access something the first time and that's it. Never been asked to translate anything or had tracking pop-ups except on websites.

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago

Dude is like grandma with 30 toolbars in Internet Explorer and mad at Compaq for making the Internet hard to see.

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

A lot of it is chrome. And yeah, it's definitely asking me to login to my account from icognito because of a "toolbar". Yall are silly.

[-] graveyardchickenhunt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If a lot of it is chrome you might've identified the issue that's actually plaguing you already.

Why not switch to Firefox+ublock... and... you complain about sign in requests when using incognito? Yeah, well, that won't be different anywhere.

You sound more troll than 30 toolbars in IE4.

[+] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago

Half the features on the phone integrate with Chrome, why guy a google phone to uninstall everything google about it? The goal was specifically to have it all in one place, accounts/NFC/ SSO. I'll buy a phone where I don't have to reinstall all the software, makes much more sense.

[-] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

The goal was specifically to have it all in one place, accounts/NFC/ SSO.

Firefox supports syncing account login info between mobile and desktop. The desktop version can also import passwords you've saved in Chrome, and they'll sync to the mobile version.

Is that what you mean by "accounts" and "SSO"?

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Which things integrate with Chrome? Name them.

Do you actually know what you're talking about?

[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Y'all are picking at every word. It's also gmail links.

The wallet. The lens The hotspot The nearby share Asking me to save every password/login/id to the accounts on the phone. Messing up which account on the phone does what.

And yes, as you all have so brilliantly pointed out I can use another OS, and another browser, and another share app/drive.

It almost sounds like I should just ditch the phone with that brand if I'm going to go through all this trouble avoiding it natively

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What are you going to replace it with then? Avoiding vendor lock-in on an iPhone isn't nearly as easy, and every Android smartphone is the same regarding the behavior of Google services.

At least you have the option of avoiding Google.

[-] YaDong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

Might be worth checking out GrapheneOS

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